The current Jackson-Reed student body has only heard the legend of DJ Barge. Every Friday during lunch, Assistant Principal Gregory Bargeman, equipped with a record player and some old vinyls, filled...
Total enrollment in DCPS for 2024-25 is the highest ever recorded. The recently released data from DCPS showed 99,770 students enrolled in district public and charter schools, an increase of 1,121 from...
DCPS Central Office removed community service hours on many high school students’ Aspen accounts earlier this month due to what Jackson-Reed counselors described as a documentation error. During a...
Jackson-Reed’s portable trailers are expected to leave next year, three years after their installation in September 2022. The portables were originally introduced to reduce overcrowding, an issue that...
On the morning of November 12, as school started, a long line of students formed at Jackson-Reed’s main entrance due to a new security policy. For the time being, students must take their laptops out...
Welcome to “Are You Smarter than Santa Claus?” In this game, we take one random teacher and put them head-to-head with Santa Claus! Today, our contestants are physics teacher Maria Delos Santos and Santa Claus himself, who we strangely found on the side of the highway, hitchhiking a ride to the North Pole. Each contestant answers a set of 10 questions about holiday and winter-related...
On November 3rd, twenty-one years ago, a teacher walked into a classroom for the first time hoping to make a difference. This teacher was Robert Geremia, who still graces our classrooms today. Mean, tyrant,...
Metal detectors, x-ray machines, and security officers are some of the safety features that Jackson-Reed uses to ensure students get in and out of school safely. Not all schools are lucky enough to have...
Welcome to “Are You Smarter than a Freshman?” Today, our contestants are English teacher Elsie Palmieri and freshman Ansel Kripke. In this game, we take one random teacher or senior and put them head-to-head...
After closing in March 2020, the historic Washington DC Uptown Theater is finally on track to reopen. Sandro Kereslidze and Tatiana Pastukhova, who recently purchased the Uptown, hope to continue the theater's...
High school academies have become increasingly popular in the past decade, as they push students to explore specific areas of interest. Although being in an academy isn’t mandatory, many students at...
Picture this: it's 3:00 AM and you're lying in bed, doomscrolling through TikTok. Suddenly, your mindless trance is interrupted by a white woman “packing her Stanley” for her ten minute walk, complete...
Ah, the holidays are upon us; a time for giving, receiving, and pretending you will read all those books your grandparents gave you. But this year, forget the car, Airpod Pros, or new phone — give the...
As a student in my final year at Jackson-Reed, I have witnessed the impacts of hustle culture firsthand. It factors into every area of our education, from what classes we take to what we plan to do after...
High school students tend to carry a lot of weight by looking for various extracurriculars to get involved in. While sports and clubs are the more popular and well-known activities to practice one’s...
Jackson-Reed’s dress code is very relaxed; the mere fact that we are writing about said dress code elicited many “we have one?” remarks from our friends. But the leniency of the dress code means...
WNBA Superstar Sabrina Ionescu is on top of the world right now: winning her first WNBA championship, entering her fourth straight all-star game, releasing a massively successful second shoe with Nike,...
On November 25, President Joe Biden officially pardoned two turkeys, Peach and Blossom, on the South Lawn of the White House, and I was lucky enough to see the backs of other audience members’ heads...
Staying in shape is arguably both the most important and hardest part of being an athlete. Some ways to stay in shape are more effective than others. Here are the top three. Our first suggestion...
When playing shorthanded, it takes contributions from everyone to win. After two weeks with only nine players, the boys’ varsity basketball team holds a 7-1 record as of December 20, and are in position...
Every winter, thousands of people go sledding across DC; the bitter wind rushing toward your face and the snow getting inside your jacket is every kid's dream. This winter we are expecting more than one...
Within the first few seconds of December, holiday cheer is in full swing. As the temperature drops even further, people get swept up in holiday music, food, and family tradition, but are blind to the many...
‘Tis the season to be jolly and there is no shortage of ways to spread holiday cheer in the nation's capital. From donating coats, to wrapping gifts, to planning caroling at elderly homes, DC has a wide...
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After Donald Trump’s decisive victory in this month’s presidential election, many JR students and staff grappled with feelings of disappointment, despair, and anxiety for the future, while a few celebrated...
The second Trump presidency will have immense repercussions on public education in the United States. Trump plans to fight “wokeness” in schools by censoring curriculums, sending decisions surrounding...
The 2024 election brought with it the possibility to break the continuous cycle of men running our country. That opportunity is now crushed. Had Vice President Kamala Harris won the election, women would...